rant
to speak or declaim extravagantly or violently; talk in a wild or vehement way; rave: The demagogue ranted for hours.
to utter or declaim in a ranting manner.
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
a ranting utterance.
Origin of rant
1Other words for rant
Other words from rant
- ranter, noun
- rant·ing·ly, adverb
- outrant, verb (used with object)
- un·rant·ing, adjective
Words Nearby rant
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How to use rant in a sentence
At Outside, I manage email sent to millions of subscribers each week, and with that comes continuous feedback, opinions, and rants about our stories, sponsors, and brand in general.
His rants sometimes have a grain of truth to them—more often than his critics would like to admit.
Talking With Tucker Carlson, the Most Powerful Conservative in America | Charlotte Alter | July 15, 2021 | TimeWhile he took specific aim at wine critics, his rant seemed to include winemakers and consumers as well.
Wine critics should consider a bottle’s social and environmental impact, too, one vintner says | Dave McIntyre | July 2, 2021 | Washington PostDuring an extended rant on his daily radio show—which is notably broadcast by Westwood One, not Fox News—Levin referenced a piece by conservative writer Thomas Lifson that criticized Smith for outing Carlson as a source.
Fox News Host Lays Into Tucker for Gossiping to Reporters: ‘This Isn’t a Game to Me!’ | Justin Baragona | June 25, 2021 | The Daily BeastGood morning, Marketers, I’ve got to go off on a bit of a rant on this zero click business.
The big Google zero click debate; who is right?; Friday’s daily brief | Barry Schwartz | March 26, 2021 | Search Engine Land
As anybody who has seen his now famous rant on Parks and Recreation knows, Patton Oswalt can get a little obsessed.
Patton Oswalt on Fighting Conservatives With Satire | William O’Connor | January 6, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTNearly two weeks after the killing, Jackson went on a week-long rant.
Prof: MIT Hospitalized Me For Ferguson Tweets | Nina Strochlic | December 11, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAn Uber driver went on an anti-gay, ant-American rant before physically assaulting his passenger.
A network insider insisted: “No expletives were uttered by Mr Mason in the recording of his rant.”
Far from a rant, her tone throughout is cool and methodical, and her critiques are couched more in sorrow than in anger.
Was Reporter Sharyl Attkisson Too Right-Wing for CBS? | Lloyd Grove | October 29, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTInstances of this defect are but too thickly sown through the piece; for example the following rant.
The Works Of John Dryden, Volume 4 (of 18) | John DrydenFor the rest, it is what we have attempted to characterise as poetical rant—imagination grown raving and delirious.
Do the Methodist preachers really rant and shriek as much as people say?
A Charming Fellow, Volume II (of 3) | Frances Eleanor TrollopeThere was no symptom of raving or rant; no vulgarity or bad taste.
Mystic London: | Charles Maurice DaviesWe do not find in it the rant of his later dramas, and the subject is taken strictly from Jewish life.
British Dictionary definitions for rant
/ (rænt) /
to utter (something) in loud, violent, or bombastic tones
(intr) mainly Scot to make merry; frolic
loud, declamatory, or extravagant speech; bombast
mainly Scot a wild revel
Scot an energetic dance or its tune
Origin of rant
1Derived forms of rant
- ranter, noun
- ranting, adjective, noun
- rantingly, adverb
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